Featured on the cover of Opera News as one of “opera’s exciting new voices,” Chinese baritone Yunpeng Wang is quickly gaining international recognition on both the opera and concert stages of the world.
 
Previous performances at the Metropolitan Opera have included Mercutio in Bartlett Sher’s new production of Roméo et Juliette conducted by Emmanuel Villaume; a Flemish Deputy in Don Carlos under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin; appearing twice in the Live in HD series in movie theaters around the world as Prince Yamadori in Anthony Minghella’s production of Madama Butterfly and Fiorello in The Barber of Seville with conducting duties shared by Antony Walker and Michele Mariotti; as well as appearing in the company’s 50th anniversary gala and the Summer Recital Series in New York City parks.
 
Yunpeng Wang’s awards include the Second Prize (as well as the Zarzuela Prize and coveted Audience Favorite Award) at Plácido Domingo’s 2012 Operalia Competition; First Prize in the 2014 Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition; First Prize in the Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Vocal Competition; and recipient of the 2017 Martin E. Segal award at Lincoln Center awarded by the Metropolitan Opera. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from The Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Wang has participated in masterclasses with Renata Scotto, James Levine, Marco Armiliato, Piotr Beczała, Sherrill Milnes, James Morris, Francesca Zambello, John Fisher, Carol Vaness, Anne Murray. In 2018, Mr. Wang was appointed as a Guest Professor at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, China. He is a former member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.